+Look At My AlienWear Schematics+

[Kannato]

So this is my AlienWear Schematics--

   Lunar Silver - Anodized Aluminum
   Intel Core i7 820QM 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)
   8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
   Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter
   17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 (1200p)
   1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4870
   1TB Raid 0 (2x 500GB 7,200RPM HDDs)
   Name Plate Engraving
   Personalized Nameplate Trigger
   AlienFX Color, Plasma Purple
   Alienware Command Center, M17x
   Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
   DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic
   8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive,QuickSilver
   5.1 Channel Audio
   Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 6300 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology
   3 Year Limited Warranty
   Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR

Price= $3,483.07 w/shipping & Tax
Sooooo what do you think?? ^_^ Pritty Snazyy haha

Do you think i will be able to runn Crysis?

Love Me

   

[fohfoh]

Crysis: Yes (But max settings... iffy)
Great? Dunno
Price? Too damn expensive.

I think this should be in technology... but I could be wrong.

[Kannato]

lol yeahh it is expensive

[kardz]

Congrats you just bought an overpriced computer case.

[fohfoh]

Rofl, now that I look at it, I bought a "server" for a company that was approx those specs about 10 months ago from Dell for like half the price at that time.

Approx 1600

22 inch LCD screen
i7 920 @ 2.53 GHz (I think)
8GB ram at 1033MHz (I think or it was 1333MHz)
1TB raid 0 (Now turned into 500GB Raid1)
Windows Vista home premium (Now Windows server 2008 standard)

But I guess that sort of pales if the above (I think) is a laptop. But damn that's still way over priced and not worth it.

[mgz]

POST SCRIPT ---

wrong forum

[Carnivus]

Wow,that's a lot of money.
Btw I run Crisys at max with nothing close to what you have there,so...

[iindigo]

If it's one of those behemoth laptops that looks like a tower laying on its side with a screen stuck on, I gotta wonder, what's the point... by then, the machine has lost any semblance of true portability and decent battery life, lacks the upgradability of a desktop, is far more prone to overheating, and is a hell of a lot more expensive. I may be missing something, but where's the advantage? If you're looking for that kind of power, build/buy a desktop. You'll be far more happy with your purchase and have both more cash in your pocket and better hardware to boot.

As for price, $3,400 is pretty insane, even for a laptop. If it's a portable, the price is slightly more justified due to the use of more expensive hardware. If it's a desktop, that's nothing short of highway robbery. A desktop with far better specs could be built for MUCH cheaper. Hell, even a top-of-the-line Core i7 iMac has considerably better specs (outside of the graphics card) PLUS a massive LED-lit 27" screen for just a little bit over $2,000, and that's coming from the company that has a widely-known reputation for overpricing stuff.

Conclusion: Behemoth "laptops" are silly and so are Alienware's prices.

[NaRu]

I could build you a god gaming system for $3400

[mgz]

@ iindigo, people dont always want an ultra portable high battery life laptop. Sometime want a mobile desktop, plain and simple. The fact that many places you can use a laptop allows you to plug it in is just another thing.

I know if i was getting a laptop i would probably like it to be a portable desktop because most of the places i would use it at would let me plug it in and the extra speed and functionality it has is why i would buy it.

[nstgc]

@Kannato Its way too expensive.

Go to either TigerDirect or Newegg (I preffer the later) and punch in the parts you listed and then ask yourself if they are just raping you in the ass or if you are actually getting what you pay for.

[blubart]

you could most likely get a notebook with comparable performance from another brand (for example asus) for under $2000.

the list alone is just silly:
  Lunar Silver - Anodized Aluminum - i just hope the area where you put your hands isn't made out of this material - otherwise it will be gone in a matter of months.
   ...
  Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter - O M G they actually ship an A/C adapter with their notebook? incredible!... and really needed considering the 1h battery capacity.
   ...
  Name Plate Engraving - the most important part
  Personalized Nameplate Trigger - yea, whatever
  AlienFX Color, Plasma Purple - it's not just purple - it's AlienFX Plasma Purple!!!
   ...

the rest of the stats are decent hardware components (some similar to what i have in my 3 years old ultra portable 11") and lame software giveaways.

[Natheria]

Oh, i knew when i looked at this thread late last night the OP was gonna get torn a new one for posting this.

At that price you could get a desktop with better specs and still have enough money left over to get almost any other laptop that has comparable specs to that Alienware. That is so grossly over priced it's not even funny. In fact that price tag is making me rage a little bit. The fact that people actually pay that for Alienware's pretty lights makes me rage even more.

Protip: Don't buy Alienware. About a thousand of those clams your going to fork over are just for a brand name that was edgy and cool... a couple years ago.

There's a difference between spending a lot of money on a computer and looking cool doing it, and spending waaaay more than you should for the hardware and looking like a total douche to everyone else for your trouble.

[Slysoft]

I built a computer that is better for just under 2k back in January. And nowadays you could probably get the same thing for 2-300 dollars less than what I paid.

[fohfoh]

@ iindigo, people dont always want an ultra portable high battery life laptop. Sometime want a mobile desktop, plain and simple. The fact that many places you can use a laptop allows you to plug it in is just another thing.

I know if i was getting a laptop i would probably like it to be a portable desktop because most of the places i would use it at would let me plug it in and the extra speed and functionality it has is why i would buy it.

You beat me to it. Essentially I was going to say, "It's ok if you need to port it around to LAN parties and stuff instead of a desktop, or it's easier to take to college if you need a gaming computer than a desktop, and isn't as "weak" as other laptops.

But I seriously think the above is going to have ventilation issues. (At least you won't freeze in dorms during the winter months...)


Personally I would never touch Alienware. It's focused in such a way that seems... pointless for the money dished out. However, Voodoo seems to have some interesting ones at times. (Like their ultra portable that fought against Sony and the MBA which has since been easily defeated by this: http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/ProductDetailDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&productId=1007050&navigationPath=32009n100299n100724 )

EDIT: My wrong. The Envy 133 is one badass ultra portable. But that price is just as bad ass. And the battery life isnt as great as the above.

But for half the price... I could buy this (even though I don't want it) http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SYCTOProcess?catalogId=100051&storeId=20153&langId=-1&LBomId=8198552921666067651&IRTrack=HomepageSpot3
Pushing the specs to the above still only holds me at about 1800.

By the way, that's CAD, not USD either.

(Sorry, I was using Sony due to the "Aesthetics oriented" statements made by OP + "Price Value" )

[Onoz]

But I seriously think the above is going to have ventilation issues. (At least you won't freeze in dorms during the winter months...)

ROFL

[kostya]

Last I checked (2005-2006) Alienware laptops were pretty bad considering the price and hardware. 2 of my friends had Alienware laptops. One of them had issues because the drivers that shipped installed and the drivers that came on the recovery disks were not the same and neither set had the correct drivers for a couple pieces of hardware. The other friend had had a piece of hardware fail (a RAM chip if I recall). He called in Dell and had them send a replacement part for him to install. Now the guy is tech savvy (builds his own desktops, is working on rebuilding an arcade cabinet from found parts, etc) but he had some issues with it. It was supposed to be fairly easy (instructions found online), but the instructions did not mention that the case would have thermal paste on just about everything. He took a look at it, decided that it was easier to live without the laptop for a week while he sent it to a Dell repair center than it would be to risk damaging the hardware with the mess that was in the case.

Now I realize that I have likely had other friends who had had Alienware PCs and it never came up, it is just that the two incidents where so unusual and both were the fault of the same manufacturer that it stuck in my mind.

[Natheria]

He called in Dell...

And there's the problem right there. 

[mgz]

He called in Dell...

And there's the problem right there. 

just an FYI --- dell = alienware they bought them years back

[Sion4000]

For the record you're much better off building your own.